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WHAT: “Destination Peking: Revisiting the ‘Foreign Colony’”, an RASBJ Zoom talk by Paul French, moderated by Jeremiah Jenne and followed by QA
WHEN: Feb. 24, 2021 Wednesday 7:00-8:00 PM Beijing Standard Time
MORE ABOUT THE EVENT: New York Times bestselling author Paul French (Midnight in Peking, City of Devils) returns to the Chinese capital to tell 18 true stories of fascinating people who visited the city in the first half of the 20th century. From the ultra-wealthy Woolworths heiress Barbara Hutton and her husband the Prince Mdivani, to the poor “American girl” Mona Monteith, who worked in the city as a prostitute; from socialite Wallis Simpson and novelist JP Marquand, who held court on the rooftop of the Grand Hôtel de Pékin, to Hollywood screenwriter Harry Hervey, who sought inspiration w
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Since the 2012 publication of the bestselling
Midnight in Peking, Paul French has been linked to Beijing, or at least some historical iteration of it. Since then, he s followed up with
Badlands: Decadent Playground of Old Peking, and now starts 2021 with two new Northern Capital offerings:
Destination Peking, a look at the lives of 18 Beijingers of note from the first half of the 20th century, and
Peking Noir, a BBC Radio 3 docudrama, also available as a podcast. French talked to
the Beijinger about why the city s history still captivates him.
the Beijinger (TBJ): So for a guy who is not particularly in love with Beijing, it seems to keep drawing you back.